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View synonyms for penny dreadful
penny dreadful
noun
, Chiefly British.
, plural penny dreadfuls.
- a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
penny-dreadful
noun
- informal.a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine
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Origin of penny dreadful1
First recorded in 1870–75
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